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The Opportunity Gap

Is Your State Providing Equal Access to Education?

This database was last updated in January 2013 and should only be used as a historical snapshot of data from the 2009-10 school year. For more recent data on public and charter schools, check out Miseducation.

ProPublica analyzed federal education data from the 2009-2010 school year to examine whether states provide high-poverty schools equal access to advanced courses and special programs that researchers say will help them later in life. This is the first nationwide picture of exactly which courses are being taken at which schools and districts across the country. More than three-quarters of all public school children are represented. Read our story and our methodology.

From http://projects.propublica.org/schools. © Copyright 2011 Pro Publica Inc.

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Espanola Valley High

714 CALLE DON DIEGO, ESPANOLA, N.M., 87532 | Grades 9-12

Districts with 3,000 or more students
Students Total Teachers Inexp. Teachers AP Courses
This School
980
66
5% 2
District 4,190 267 8% 2
State 275K 17,350 10% 8
 
State Average
 
District Average

Percentage of relevant students who...

Get Free/Reduced Price Lunch

61%
98%

100%
State Avg: 61% District Avg: 98%

Take at Least One AP Course

18%
4%

4%
State Avg: 18% District Avg: 4%

Take Advanced Math

8%
2%

2%
State Avg: 8% District Avg: 2%

Are in a Gifted/Talented Program

5%
1%

1%
State Avg: 5% District Avg: 1%

Take Chemistry

15%
11%

11%
State Avg: 15% District Avg: 11%

Take Physics

5%
3%

3%
State Avg: 5% District Avg: 3%

Participate in sports

35%
0.0%

35%
State Avg: 35% District Avg: 0.0%

Are

11%
7%

7% Am Indian
State Avg: 11% District Avg: 7%
1%
1%

1% Asian
State Avg: 1% District Avg: 1%
3%
0%

1% Black
State Avg: 3% District Avg: 0%
56%
90%

90% Hispanic
State Avg: 56% District Avg: 90%
28%
2%

2% White
State Avg: 28% District Avg: 2%

Espanola Valley High, part of the Espanola Public Schools district, is located in Espanola, New Mexico. The school reports an enrollment number of 980 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 66 teachers on staff.

Espanola Valley High is above both the state and district averages for the percentage of students eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunch. On average, 61 percent of students in New Mexico qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, while 100 percent of students at Espanola Valley High do. At the district level, 98 percent of students qualify.

ProPublica's analysis found that all too often, states and schools provide poor students fewer educational programs like Advanced Placement, gifted and talented programs, and advanced math and science classes. Studies have linked participation in these programs with better outcomes later in life. Our analysis uses free and reduced-price lunch to estimate poverty at schools. We based our findings on the most comprehensive data set of access to advanced classes and special programs in U.S. public schools — known as the Civil Rights Data Set— released by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

Espanola Valley High offers two AP courses, and 4 percent of students participate in those classes.

Espanola Valley High has an enrollment rate of 2 percent for math classes, and 11 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for physics at the school is 3 percent, and the gifted and talented program has a participation rate of 1 percent.

Goddard High, in Roswell, N.M., is a lower-poverty school than Espanola Valley High. It does not have any students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers 16 AP courses, and 16 percent of students are enrolled in those classes.

These data points were reported by schools and districts to the Office for Civil Rights. For more information about the data, see our full methodology.

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